Steve was an incredible product visionary and had an uncompromising sense of product design. Aldus and desktop publishing came about because Steve had a vision of what was possible by marrying a plain paper copier to a computer to make the Apple Laserwriter. When the Laserwriter was introduced it cost $7000, more than twice as much … Continue reading “Steve Jobs & the Power of Vision: My Visits to the ‘Reality Distortion Field’”
Author: Jeremy Jaech
Jeremy Jaech is CEO of SNUPI Technologies and is a technology and software entrepreneur. Previously, he co-founded Aldus, which invented desktop publishing through its PageMaker software, and was eventually acquired by Adobe. He then led the team that founded Visio, another game-changing software company that brought engineering drawing to the masses; Visio was eventually acquired by Microsoft. He led the founding team at Verdiem, a company in the enterprise PC energy management space, and most recently serves on the Board of Directors at Control4.
Jaech currently serves as a University of Washington Regent. He is also involved with Mindjet Corporation, Trumba Corporation and UW's College of Engineering Visiting Committee. He is Chair Emeritus of the Technology Alliance Board.
In 2009, Jaech was named one of the top 25 Innovators & Entrepreneurs by Seattle Business magazine and in 2006, won the UW's College of Engineering Diamond Award for Entrepreneurial Excellence. Recently, Jaech was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award at Seattle Business magazine's 2013 Tech Impact Awards.
Hidden Gems Are Inside UW Computer Science & Engineering. Can They Be Mined?
Although an attentive observer can see a steady stream of news articles from UW Computer Science & Engineering, with more than 40 faculty members and 750 students, there is more going on than is reported. When I was given an opportunity to occupy an office inside the Paul G. Allen Center, I was excited to … Continue reading “Hidden Gems Are Inside UW Computer Science & Engineering. Can They Be Mined?”